WITNESS: 100 ABOARD COSTA SHIP WHEN CAPTAIN FLED
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco, right, arrives at the Grosseto court, Italy, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. A Italian Coast Guard official has testified that hundreds of…
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C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC MOBS LAUNCH ETHNIC ATTACKS
By KRISTA LARSON A French soldier screams at mobs of Christians attacking suspected Seleka members before firing warning shots near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9,…
TECH GIANTS CALL FOR CONTROLS ON GOV’T SNOOPING
By DANICA KIRKA FILE – In this undated file photo made available by Google, hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the computer servers into a cooling unit to be…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION GETS LESSONS IN NEGOTIATING
By MIKE CORDER FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes…
UK GOVERNMENT PREDICTING SURPLUS BY DECADE’S END
By DANICA KIRKA In this still taken from video, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers his autumn statement to MPs in the House of Commons, central London, Thursday…
NEARLY 100 DEAD IN CAR BEFORE FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE
By KRISTA LARSON Shrouded bodies lay in a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias. Over…
UN OKS MILITARY ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By EDITH M. LEDERER Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi…
NIGELLA SAYS SAATCHI THREATENED TO DESTROY HER
By JILL LAWLESS Celebrity chef, Nigella Lawson, arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in London, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson could face questions Wednesday about alleged drug use…